From biological weapon to cosmetic product is crazy
Not just cosmetic, I believe it’s used to treat migraines and possibly other issues. Crazy stuff.
I was a part of the noburp community on the old site. In the last decade it’s been used to cure that. The body metabolizes it after about 6 months, but having that assistance often helps build the muscle memory and people can usually burp after that. I personally had it done twice and can still do small burps at last, and my daughter (toddler, born very prematurely) had it done at the beginning of the year. Her physical medicine doctor mentioned it as a possibility, and when I told him about the burping thing he basically equated Botox in the medical community with Windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Yes! It can be used to treat paralysis in the digestive tract too. It’s crazy what a little poison can do 😉
A bottle of aspirin or ibuprofen can kill you.
Tylenol is even worse. Even a few extra pills can cause severe liver issues and potential death.
Follow the instructions on the bottle, people!
Oh now you tell me. 😉
It saved my life essentially. I was getting 16 migraines a month now I get zero.
That’s amazing. What part of you was paralyzed to reduce the headaches?
Jaw neck forehead back part of head (that part imo hurts the most during injections) every 3 months for no migraines is pretty worth it.
Fascinating! I’m glad you’re feeling better.
not OP, but i believe it is usually to do with the jaw
Jaw or neck or face
The absolute coolness that is science and stuff amazes me! We saw a deadly poison, studied the shit outta it, now keep it and use it like a pet! It’s really neat!
In my graduate neurology class, we learned how it works and that affected nerves can pass it along to adjacent nerves, disabling them as well. This takes multiple doses over time, so one or two treatments is not a huge concern. The professor then told us how shocked he was to learn that 15 year olds are getting injections.
The estimated human median lethal dose of type A toxin is 1.3–2.1 ng/kg intravenously or intramuscularly, 10–13 ng/kg when inhaled, or 1 μg/kg when taken by mouth
fuuuuuck thats… terrifying.
One microgram per kg? Jesus fucking Christ
Swiss-American veterinary scientist, created a center at the Hooper Foundation in San Francisco, where he developed techniques for growing the organism and extracting the toxin, and conversely, for preventing organism growth and toxin production, and inactivating the toxin by heating. The California canning industry was thereby preserved.
The canning companies were under pressure to fix the issue or they were cooked.
A teaspoon of botulism toxin could kill millions or something. But with the right dosage it is safe.
Two in my coffee please
If they develop a special one for men it should be Bro-tox.
Cut to Clavicular injecting it straight in to his nuts for some reason
The deadliest non natural substance of course is one of those fluorine chemicals that rapidly oxidizes with even sand and glass
